Common genetic variations in Patched1 (PTCH1) gene and risk of hirschsprung disease in the Han Chinese population.

Hirschsprung disease (HSCR) is the most frequent genetic cause of congenital intestinal obstruction with an incidence of 1:5000 live births. In a pathway-based epistasis analysis of data generated by genome-wide association study on HSCR, specific genotype of Patched 1 (PTCH1) has been linked to an...

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Main Authors: Yang Wang, Jun Wang, Weihua Pan, Ying Zhou, Yongtao Xiao, Kejun Zhou, Jie Wen, Tingxi Yu, Wei Cai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3779180?pdf=render